Have you ever been in a flea market or second hand store and come across old photographs with no names, date or location on the back? Do you wonder who these people are, or how these photos ended up as orphans? A great grandparent perhaps, a school teacher, the local post master? Is it possible these photos will ever get reunited with their descendents and find their way back into the family album?

Having come across some recently, I decide to buy a few of these old anonymous photos and have now made a book of them. The book will be available at the Navan Fine Arts Show June 6 & 7 http://www.navanarts.com

I am hoping that you will add your input to the book about what the lives of these people may have been like. Please come by, pick a photo or more, put pen to paper and help them to discover a life for themselves, for example:

- what might their hobbies or favourite activities have been - what do you think they did for a living - where did they live - where were they originally from - did they have children - what did the future hold in store for them

I am very much looking forward to reading all the comments and ideas - and seeing what the lives of these people may have been like.

2 - This is about altered book pages. Although no longer in a book, I did follow the normal process - I took 4 pages, added gesso to glue them together, which makes quite a nice thickness to work on, then altered the pages by adding words (using Sharpies) and adding a bit of coloured pencil to the background. I then cut out the number.

4 - Steampunk - Steampunk is based on Victorian England in the days of steam engines, gas lanterns, clocks with gears, corsets, even fascinators. The idea is to take an item from that era and upgrade it into something futuristic - or to take the pieces and remake them into a piece of modern art. In this case I took some metal items and added them to a piece of metal grid, cutting the grid into the number 4.

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It's taken years to discover the medium I enjoy the most. And how what I have learned before somehow fits into what I am doing now. Even when I travel my needles and threads are with me so I can continue to create while away.It's been wonderful being able to share my work with others and to be a part of an artistic network that continues to grow and develop.If you have ideas you would like to suggest, please let me know. And check back regularly to my web site for updates.